Store-service apparatus



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STORE. SERVICE APPARATUS.

4latented Apr. 8, 1890.

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No. 425,026. Patented Apr. 8,1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY P. DURING, OF CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE LAMSONCONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NET JERSEY.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,026, dated April 8,1890.

Application filed August 16, v1889. Serial No. 320,943. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that l, HARRY P. DURING, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Carthage, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and use- I ful Improvements in Store-ServiceApparatus;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will en'able others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The obj ect of the present invent-ion is to provide certain new anduseful improvements in store-service apparatus; and the inventionconsists in the novel features and combinations which will behereinafter more fully described and claimed in the specification.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this application, Figure lisa side View in elevation, showing the carriage in position foroperation. Fig.`2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview showing the carrier and cash-box secured in position. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section. Fig. 5 is a detail View showing the cash-box andthe spring-arms thereof, the arms being in an opened position, thedotted lines indicating the spring-actuated arms in a closed position;and Fig. 6 is a detail view showing one of the spring-retractedpropulsion-levers.

Similar letters of reference are used to designate corresponding partsthroughout the entire specication and the several figures of thedrawings. y

In order to successfully operate my improved apparatus, I provide twovertical supporting-posts A A', suspended from the ceiling or runningfrom the floor, counter, or

. cashiers desk, and between these supports is stretched or suspendedthe wire or track B. The upper end of the Wire or track is secured tothe support A", which support comes in close proximity to thestore-counter, (when suspended from the ceiling,) and the lower end ofsaid wire or track is attached to the support A, which support isdesigned to be in reach of the cashiers desk. Near the top of thesesupports I secure thereto the brackets C C, to which are pivoted theends of rearwardly-extending arms C Cof the propellinglevers, theopposite ends of said arms working through elongated slots in thesupports A A.

The propelling-lever is represented by the same between the arms e e ofthe guide E,

which guide is secured to the su pport-ing-posts, as shown in thedrawings, a short distance from the bottom. The lower ends of thesupporting-posts have secured therein the roller d, which permits of agradual climb upon the projecting shield or guard of the carrier whenmotion is imparted thereto, as hereinafter described. Therearward-extending arm C of the bell-crank propelling-lever has its endprojecting beyond the outer face of the supporting-post, and has anaperture c formed therein, in order to permit of the operatingrope Fbeing attached thereto. The lower endof said rope passes through theguide f, secured to the rear of the post near the base thereof, and hasattached thereto the handle G.

Secured near the top of the lever D and to the supporting-post below theelongated opening formed therein is the spring G2, which serves to holdthe lever and return it to place upon release of pressure upon theoperatingrope G.

The carrier employed by me in the carrying out of my invention consistsof the frame H, said frame having upwardly-extendiu g guards or shieldsI I at the front and rear, and being provided with forward-extendingguides j j. Within the frame II are secured the track wheels or rollersK K above the track, and between the downwardly-extending ears 7c k aresecured beneath the track the small keeperrollers 7o k', which areemployed so as to pro-- vide against the jumping of the carrier from thetrack. The wheels being secured beneath the frame H, they are thoroughlyprotected from clogging by reason of dirt settling thereon.

Secured to the sides of the frame and running parallel and slightly inadvance of the forward-extending guidesj j are spring-strips l Z. Theforward-extending portion of said strips are first bent inward(designated by the letters it) and then outward, thereby forming at eachend of the carrierspring-j aws, the outer ends of which are beveledoutward, forming hooks z" i', to engage with and retain the lower end ofthe lever-bar therein.

The letter M represents the cup of my improved device, provided atdiametrically-opposite points with grooves m2 m2, into which litspring-pressed arms m m', said arms being pivotally connected at thebottom thereof between ears 0 0 by means of pins o 0. The arms extendinward and then downward at an angle, so as to form suitable handles.Above the turned-in portion of the arms I secure a flat spring O, whichspring serves to keep a continual pressure upon the arm.

The carrier-frame is provided with the cap N, having at its lower end anannular liange n, which is engaged by the lugs or hooks m m, formed inthe upper end of the springpressed arms.

Y'Vhen it is desired to release the cup, so as to permit of insertion ofmoney or the like, the lower ends of the arms forming the handles arepressed inward, while the upper ends are caused to move outward, thusreleasing the lug from engagement with the annular fiange and permittingthe cup to fall of its own gravity.

The operation of my improved apparatus is as follows: The carrier havingbeen placed in position shown in Fig. I, and the operator, located atany portion of the store, desiring to transmit a message or cash to thecentral oftice or to the cashiers desk, located near the supporting-postA, he places the same within the cup M and locks the same, as beforedescribed. Sudden pull is then given to the operating-rope F,which,being secured to the rearward-extending arm C, causes the downwardmovement of the same,which movement of necessity throws the lower end ofthe propelling-lever outward, which, coming in contact with theupward-extending shield or guard I of the carrier, thereby causes thecarrier to be forced forward with suiicient impetus to be carried to thepost A', where by reason of the spring-jaws engaging with the lower endof the propelling-lever on said post the same will be secured and heldfrom moving backward.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure protection in by Letters Patent of the United States,is-

1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination, with the track and itssupports, of the carrier having track and keeper rollers secured aboveand below the track, upwardlyextending guides or guards and spring-jawsat the front and rear of the carrier, and the propelling-lever adaptedto be engaged by the spring-jaws, substantially as and for the purposeherein shown and described.

2. In a store-service apparatus, the combination, with the carrierhaving a cash-box removably secured thereto, spring-jaws provided ateach end of the carrier, and upwardlyextending guards or shields, of abell-crank lever adapted to engage with the jaws, and the rope foroperating the lever, substantially as set forth.

In a store-service apparatus, the combination,with the supports andtrack suspended therefrom, of the carrier running on said track,provided with a frame, track-wheels secured in said frame above thetrack, keeper-wheels suspended below the track, upwardlyextending guideor guard shields, projecting guide-strips j j, spring-strips projectingbeyond the guide-strips at each end of the carrier, said strips beingbent inward and outward, so as to form spring-jaws, and a cash-boxdepending centrally from the carrier, and the propelling bell-cranklever, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

t. In a store-service apparatus, the combination, with the supportprovided with an elongated opening near the top, of the track suspendedtherebetween, a cash-car moving thereon, forwardly-extending armssecured to said support near the top thereof, a propelling-leverpivotally secured between said arms having a rearwardly-extendin g armpassing through the elongated opening formed in the support, a guide E,secured to the support, through which said lever passes, anoperatingrope secured to the projecting arm ot' the lever, a guidesecured near the hase at the rear of the support and through which theoperating-rope passes, and a handle secured to the end of the rope,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaliixed my signature in presence of three witnesses.

HARRY P. DURING.

Yvitnesses:

JAS. F. BRADY, FRED. W. FONT, H. C. WELMER.

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